September 27, 2012 - Day 2

I arrived early last night to get some dinner, had an antipasto salad at My Pizza Place, ordered a greek salad to pick up after at 7pm & also order a shrimp, mushroom & peapod dinner from the Chinese carry out for 7pm.  (What a blessing that Jenny patronizes these establishments and shares the pro-life message!!!)

Paul & Louise were already there at 5:30 praying.  Paul waited for me to finish dinner then gave me donations a couple of ladies had given to him for me to give to Maribeth when she arrived to pray... how nice of those two ladies!!! A man in the Chinese carry out asked about what we sprinkle on the ground & I told him about the sacramental of holy water that we like to use to bless ourselves before we pray which keeps the evil one away, and satan just hates holy water.

I walked to the sidewalk, blest myself with holy water &  sprinkled a bit on the ground & began walking to & from the traffic light holding my "Pray to End Abortion sign" & said the Prayer for the Helpless Unborn, the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel for all Prayer Warriors. Then Maribeth said the Dearest Mother Mary prayer, JPII's Pro-life prayer, the Prayer for our Pastors, & the 2012 National Prayer for our nation, the 40 Days for Life Intention, Scripture, Reflection & Prayer from the booklet & then led the rosary reading a brief Glorious Mystery meditation before each Hail Mary.  Lots of positives this evening, happy honks, waves, smiles.  Our precious Susan joined us toward the end of the prayer vigil which was just wonderful.  We all continue to pray for her as she goes through difficult medical times right now.

Four darling preteens (two girls & two boys) stopped by to talk pro-life with Maribeth, Susan & myself.  I asked if their parents would be ok with me giving them a Baby Jesus Prayer Card & they all said "YES" they are pro-life!!!  The youngest boy said "we really appreciate you."  That just made the three of us smile.  It is so great to talk to the various young ones who stop by to say they are pro-life. We always ask them to join us in prayer when they get time & more folks are joining us this year, more young ones.  They are our future.  We walked back & forth along the sidewalk to complete our rosary. Then the three of us faced the big flag on the other side of the street, put our right hands on our hearts & said the Pledge of Allegiance. To close our prayer vigil, sang America the Beautiful.
(Jenny / Maribeth)